rural rwandan households usually rely on dangerous and unhealthy kerosene lamps for illumination. now one project has come up with an innovative, clean and affordable solution — battery-powered led lights with a pedal generator. all that’s needed is about 20 minutes of pedaling on a bicycle-like contraption to charge the lights. the project doesn’t just allow rwandans to go night fishing or study for school but also offers an economic opportunity and a business model for rural areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
rural rwandan households usually rely on dangerous and unhealthy kerosene lamps for illumination. now one project has come up with an innovative, clean and affordable solution — battery-powered led lights with a pedal generator. all that’s needed is about 20 minutes of pedaling on a bicycle-like contraption to charge the lights. the project doesn’t just…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4907,4894,4900],"tags":[2894,2426,2974,3025,10,662],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economics","category-efficiency","category-green-living","tag-global-ideas","tag-grassroots","tag-ngo","tag-rwanda","tag-solar-energy","tag-transportation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n